Gearing.



detail rela a l mechanism an ing connectio Our invention al and combinations larly set out.

erally contai washe belt member of the motor with belt wheel 5; 7is connection 1s made suitably supported in connection parts associated wlth t platform support 2; 8 is a gear and operatmgpart of nshaft 7 9 is a vertically disposed IllSm, COmprlslng knuckles 80 detachably 23 and knuckles 81 s a connecting shaft a shaft with the member o hollow s and is p upper end; 10 is a in said standard; 1 shaft 10 and mesh cast frame member r.Be it known tha and CHARLES W. States, residing` Tazewell and State of -certain new and use Gearing, of which the cation.

Our invention relates to gearing. Our invention has special reference to driving and operating gearing between a 15 respect1ve1y;17 is a gear member norwashing machine and a mechanism and to mally loose on shaft 15 provided with clutch ting to the manipulamember 18; 19 is a clutch dinally adjustable on squ and an operatin combined action Referring to the drawings, 2 refers ento a platform structure; 3 is a tu or 33' 1n Order t0 dlspense with the usual comner adapted to receive Clothes to be plication of gearmg that attends the operd; 4 refers generally to a motor; 5 is a 4 wheel; 6 is a belt connecting a driving save the expense of gear as noted a direct` between the driving he washing machine the operating mecha- BIRD, citizens of the United ed structures rela tion of the same.

The object of our invention is to so corshaft 15; 21 is a lever g of a washing machine eleon bracket. member,22

g members of an ironing the usual way with clutch member 19 to famay be operated simulcilitate the shlfting of said c onnected relatively at the 23 is a shaft suitably supported for turncast frame memsquared end 25.

te the drivin lment with dri machine, that fth taneously or disc will of the operat driven that the properly timed speeds necessary each machine res Our invention tions for a washi normal purposes an the provision of a d nism especially desi machine; of a univ tween the s hereinafter more particug mechanism connected for rovided with Hanged member 9n at its shaft suitably supported 1 is a gear wheel fixed t0 U ing with gear 8; 12 is a duces a universal and exto designed to support gearoperating mechanism may be Specication of Letters Patent. Patentgd Feb, 25, 1919,

Application led October 14, 1916. Serial No. 125,537. y

To all whom t may concern; ing and iS pI'OVided With a anged member t we, SIMON E. SCHROEDER 13 adapted to be seated u ber 9a of standard 9; 14 Mimer, in the county of with and projecting upwa Illinois, have invented of liange 13; l5 is a shaft ful Improvements in in collar member 14; 16 is following is a speciin standard 9 which in pra to be provided with an adapting it for connection ing angularly formed ends 0r and when simultaneously ing in sleeve member 24 of operation of parts will be to bring about the proper gned to drive an ironing tor or temporarily disconnect ersal joint connection bethrough the operatlon of lever 2 pecial gear between the 'detachthe clutch members 18 and 19. b e gear mechanism and the operating The speclal support 12 for the gear drivd details relating to such drivlngl members may be 15111 deslred to facilitate the so includes detailed parts operatingT mechanism in an tion relative to standard 9. In constructing the co Referring to the drawings, the single ig- CludlrlaT the washing machine and operature shows in elevation, a washing machine mg mechanism 1t 1s deslgned to utilize the speed reduclng gearing of the driving parts that are essentlal to th washing machine to dri tandard fixed upon the platform Connected with shaft fixed to shaft 34. .82 i provided with knuckles By means of connecti pon flanged memis a collar united rdly from the face suitably supported a collar supported ctice is designed angular opening with correspondof shafts 9 and member longitu. ared end 2O of 70 pivotally supported d is connected in lutch member.

ber 12 and providedwith 26 is a gear wheel fixedto s to carry out the work of The cast frame member 12 is adapted, pectively. when desired, to be seated in connection with onsists of driving connecp standard 9 to establish a driving connection machine to effect the from shaft 10 and when so uses of such machine; 2 3 of said detachable special gear connecetachable gear mecha- -tlon may be driven at the will of the operaed effecting 85 1 to separate connected shaft ned in any position adjustment of the y angular'posimbined machine ine operation of the Ve the ironing roller ating mechanism' of the modern art.

own which prosible joint, the moved up and frame 12 may be removed and a wringer may be at- 'tached and connected for driving relation with shaft 10 in the same manner that the driving connections are established for driving the gear members carried in gear frame 12.

If it is desired to drive the operating mechanism with the washing machine, the connection is made as hereinbefore described and as shQYYn .inthe-drawing.

We have shown herein one form of embodiment of our invention. However, detailed parts and detailed combinations may be varied to4 meet the requirements of best usage without departing from the spirit of the invention which is directed broadly to the economical association by proper gear members of a washing machine and an ironin machine.

at we claim is:

1. In a device of the-class described, in combination, a support, a vertical standard thereon, .a driven shaft within the vertical -support, provided with a sleeve fixed thereto and fashioned to engage a driven member detachably engageable therewith, means for driving the driven shaft, an operating mechanism adjacent the support, a frame detachably supported upon the vertical standard, and a gear mechanism thereon comprising a vertical stud or shaft fashioned at its lower end to engage the sleeve of the driven shaft, a gear wheel loose thereon provided with a clutch face, a clutch member splined on the vertical shaft, means for shifting the Clutch member to and from engagement with the gear wheel, a horizontal shaft journaled in the frame and a gear wheel on the horizontal shaft driven from the gear on the vertical shaft and a shaft connecting the horizontal shaft in the detachable gear frame, with the operating mechanism to drive the latter.

2. In the device of the class described, in combination, a support, a vertical standar thereon, a driven shaft therein, provided with a clutch member at its upper end,means for driving said shaft, a frame supported upon the vertical standard, a gear mechamsm therein comprising a vertically disposed drivable member engageable with the drive shaft in the vertical standard, a gear normally loose on said member provided with a clutch face, a clutch member splined on the drivable member, means for shifting the clutch member into engagement with said gear wheel, a horizontal shaft journals/d in said frame and a gear wheel thereon driven from the gear wheel on the drivable member, an operating mechanism and means for connecting the gear mechanism in the gear frame with the operating mechanism that will permit relative movement of the operating mechanism and the frame support for the vertical standard.

3. In a device of the class described, in combination, a support, a verticalstandard thereon, a driven shaft therein, provided with a clutch member at its upper end, a gear frame detachably supportable upon the vertical standard, a gear mechanism therein, comprising a vertical shaft fashioned or provided with means to detachably en age the clutch member on the driven sha a loose gear on the vertical shaft, a horizontal shaft journaled in said frame, a gear wheel fixed thereto and driven from the gear wheel on the vertical shaft and means for establishing or interrupting. driving relation between the vertical shaft and the loose gear thereon, an operating mechanism and means for connecting the operating mechanism lin a detachable relation with the horizontal shaft of the gear frame said connectin means being of a flexible nature that wi permit movement of the frame support for the vertical standard and the operating mechanism relatively.

4. In a device of the class described, in combination, a supporting member, a driving mechanism on the supporting member,

a gear frame and gear mechanism therein detachably connectible with the supporting member in a relation that when connecte the gear mechanism thereof will be driven from the driving mechanism in the support-l ing'member, an operating mechanism and means connecting the gear mechanism in the gear frame with the operating mechanism in a manner that will permit the operating mechanism to be moved about the gear frame into different positions without changing the position of such gear frame.

5. In a device of the class described, in combination, a supporting member, a driving mechanism on the supporting member, a gear frame and gear mechanism therein detachably connectible with the supporting frame in'a relation that when connected the gear mechanism thereof will be` driven from the driving mechanism in the supporting member, an operating mechanism and means for detachably connecting the gear mechanism in the gear frame with the operating mechanism, comprising parts flexibly related to permit relative movement when such driving connection is established of the sup` porting frame and operating mechanism about each other without changing the position of the gear frame relative to its driving connection with the driving mechanism 0f the supporting fram 6. In a device of the class described', in without changing the position of the gear combination, an operating mechanism, asupframe relative'to its drivin connection with porting frame, driving mechanism on the the driving mechanism o the supporting frame, a detachable transmission mechanism frame. 1 5 5 adapted to receive power from the drlvmg In testunony whereof we aiiix our slgna-vI mechanism and a member connecting the1 tures in presence of t'wo lWitnesses.

transmission mechanism and the operating SIMON E. SCHROEDER. mechanism in a detachable'relation, includ- CHAS. W. BIRD. ing parts fiexibly related to facilitate rela- Witnesses:

10 tive adjustment of the operating mechanism Roan FELTNEIR9 and the supporting frame about each other W. V. Tum. 

